This document describes the methodology developed during the first year of the SEMANCO project. Its purpose is to explain how the work of the Tasks in different Work Packages (WPs) can be integrated. As such it introduces the tools and mechanisms used to ensure the integrated development of the different components of the project. As far as the working process is concerned, this document facilitates an understanding of the contents of the deliverables produced in the first year of the project, the relationships between them and their role in the next phases of the project.